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LSU will play first home game of ’05 at night against UT

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU Tigers will play their first home game this season at night as they had hoped.

The Tennessee-LSU game on Sept. 24 will begin at 6:45 p.m. CDT and be televised by ESPN, Southeastern Conference officials announced on Monday.

LSU’s opener against North Texas on Sept. 3 was postponed to Oct. 29 in Tiger Stadium because of Hurricane Katrina.

The third-ranked Tigers played what was supposed to be their second home game against Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday and won 35-31. They have a week off before hosting fifth-ranked Tennessee (1-0).

The Volunteers had requested an early afternoon kickoff to better accommodate the team and fans because there were concerns about finding hotel rooms in town. The city’s population boomed following mass evacuations from New Orleans.

LSU wanted a night game to maintain tradition and help the university and residents get back to normal.

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